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​North Dakota Human Rights Film and Arts Festival

October 22nd, 2022

In-person screenings statewide November 1 - December 6

Online at human-family.org/ndhrff/ November 6 - December 11

The state’s only film festival to focus on human rights, civil rights and social justice returns to Fargo November 1-5. Events include filmmaker workshops at the Plains Art Museum, lunches and panel discussions at the Fargo Public Library, and film screenings and Q&A sessions with filmmakers at the Fargo Theatre. The festival moves to The Empire Art Center in Grand Forks…

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​Norwegian Language Classes: Sons of Norway

October 22nd, 2022

722 2nd Ave N, Fargo; (701) 371-0425

Meetings/classes are on the eight Mondays in October and November, 7 to 9pm.

Classes are in progress, but you can start anytime! They present opportunities to experience both the culture and the language of Norway. Study Norwegian with experts! Classes include beginner-level to advanced Norwegian language. If you are wondering if it’s worth it to study the language of a country of five million people, see how you feel after the next two U.S.…

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​VCSU Presents: Norse Sky

October 20th, 2022

Saturday, October 22, 1pm

Rhoades Science Center Planetarium, room 309, Valley City

Stories told through the lens of Norse sagas, deities Loki, Freya, Odin and more. Enjoy an afternoon of Norse sky stories and learn about the heavens as seen by Scandinavian ancestors. Check out North Dakota’s only planetarium just one hour west of Fargo. While you’re there make a day of it. Visit the Barnes County Museum, stop by the OG Pizza Corner or Viking Room Cafe, and take a drive around Bald…

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​R.A.C.E.: Are We So Different?

September 14th, 2022

Fargo City Hall, thru Sept. 30 

Fargo City Hall, 225 4th St. N. 

A powerful mini-exhibition coupled with community engagement conversations about race are front and center in City Hall through the end of September. Sponsored by YWCA Cass Clay and the City of Fargo, the mini-exhibition located on the…

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​Laura Jane Grace

September 14th, 2022

September 29

Fargo Brewing Company

The founder, lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the punk rock band Against Me!. Debut solo studio album, Stay Alive, 2020. One of the first highly visible rock musicians to come out publicly as transgender. Her description of gender dysphoria: “...a feeling of misalignment. Where the gender you feel (internally) doesn't match up with your assigned gender at birth. When you're too young to know what it is, it turns into shame…The cliché is that…

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​Charlie Barber: New Perspectives, ND History

September 14th, 2022

September 23

Our very own columnist and man of letters at the Northern Great Plains History Conference (NDPHC), held at the Radisson. In the morning he'll be giving a paper entitled "Sarah Vogel and the Progressive Strain in Red State North Dakota: A Family Tradition.” In the afternoon, from 3:30-5:30, at Zandbroz Variety, he'll be doing a joint "History and Folksong" Session with NDSU's Tom Isern. Bob Dylan will definitely be featured, among others. You can get further information…

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​Folkways Night Bazaar

September 14th, 2022

September 22

6 to 10pm

Join skateboarders, hip-hop dancers, jugglers and more than 40 vendors for the final Night Bazaar of the season. The free event is kid and dog-friendly. Local skateboarders perform on the ramps as a mini skate park takes over the western portion of Broadway Square. The event also features dance performances by the All-Star Afro Dance Group, The Krownz and Fargo Flow. Other performers include Kati Rose Hicks, an aerialist, hoop dancer and juggler, as well as DJ NuAge…

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​Greenway Takeover Festival

September 3rd, 2022

September 8-11

Grand Forks

The Grand Forks Greenway rocks with food trucks, family-friendly entertainment (like yoga and dance classes, puppet shows and juggling) and live music on three stages. Headliners include Yonder Mountain String Band, Manic Drive, Gear Daddies and Big Head Todd & The Monsters. Bring cash to purchase food tickets and enjoy mixed drinks and craft beer from Grand Forks breweries. Buy tickets online, at HB Sound & Light in Grand Forks or at either Grand Forks Happy…

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​Water is Life Festival

August 27th, 2022

Sunday, September 4

Bayfront Park, Duluth

Honor the Earth presents An All-Star lineup of artists and environmental activists at this year’s annual Water is Life festival. This year’s lineup includes Ani DiFranco, The Indigo Girls, Low, Dessa, Gaelynn Lee, and many other musical acts. Hosted by Winona LaDuke, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai -- a lead actor in the popular and critically acclaimed FX/Hulu streaming series, Reservation Dogs -- and Land and Water Protector/ model Quannah…

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​R.A.C.E.: Are We So Different?

August 20th, 2022

Fargo City Hall, thru Sept. 30 

Fargo City Hall, 225 4th St. N. 

A powerful mini-exhibition coupled with community engagement, conversations about race are front and center in City Hall through the end of September, that’s IF you participate. Sponsored by YWCA Cass Clay and the City of Fargo, the…

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